bottle-feeder

A form of bottlefeeder — One who feeds an infant or baby animal with a bottle.

Meanings

nounbottle-feeder (plural bottle-feeders)

plural bottle-feeders

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bottlefeeder.

    Lactating women resumed ovarian function later than bottle-feeders, […]

    2001, Peter T. Ellison, On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 112
    2 more examples

    But what if that bottle-feeder she had to despise couldn't feed her own baby for some reason and wanted to?

    2007, Kate Figes, The Big Fat Bitch Book, Hachette, →ISBN

    Experienced bottle-feeders suggest you take four to six pre-sterilised bottles to the hospital […]

    2010, The Complete Mumsnet Guides: Pregnancy, Babies, Toddlers, Bloomsbury, →ISBN
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APA

bottle-feeder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottle-feeder

MLA

“bottle-feeder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottle-feeder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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